Although the Menethil family was nearly extinct, there remained a group of loyal ministers and valiant generals who remembered its kindness and had transferred their loyalty to Terenas onto Calia.
Combined with Calia's series of wise decisions,
she had already established preliminary prestige within this hastily assembled allied force.
With a single order from her, regardless of how sharply their views differed, everyone accepted their assignments.
Thus, Hearthglen's planned campaign was officially put on hold.
The Gryphon Riders set out one after another, warning every human settlement they could find.
Hearthglen also dispatched a squad, personally led by Dathrohan, to the Andorhal region to help gather the refugees.
Everyone prepared for battle, ready to face the Scourge's encirclement.
Canceling the campaign did not mean the others had nothing to do.
In the discussions a few days later, Ye Ting took the initiative to help Calia establish a series of training programs for the soldiers:
"Because we are dealing with the Scourge, many of the forces currently gathered at Hearthglen have not received systematic training. They were recruited from refugees by resistance forces across the land after the Scourge swept through Lordaeron.
"Among them, there are civilian heroes with exceptional talent, like Durand, but even more are still only at militia level. While there is no fighting, we should conduct a series of concentrated training programs for them."
"That is a good suggestion. Then... Sir Durand shall be responsible for this task. To have risen so quickly from among the refugees, he must have his own methods," Calia ordered accordingly.
Incidentally, due to his outstanding military achievements, Durand had already been exceptionally granted the noble title of knight by Calia.
For a commoner to skip knighthood and be directly elevated to nobility was something that had occurred only a handful of